Whew! Glad I made it past the last one. The blood transfusions I had last Thursday took a while to kick in, but I have been feeling much better for the last few days. I had an interesting visit with the wizard on Wednesday for my fourth round of chemo. The first medicine was infused with no problem, but within about 10 minutes of starting the carboplatin I began to experience a fairly serious allergic reaction: throat itching and swelling, hands and feet itching. They stopped the infusion and gave me IV Benadryl and a steroid, which eventually calmed it down. Needless to say, I didn’t receive the remainder of the chemo. I think the IV was running too fast, as I’d had a similar reaction 3 years ago.
Anyway, I’m good to go now. Feeling pretty sassy today, but getting prepared for sinking down into that black hole again probably by morning.
By the way, sorry about the gloom and doom of my previous posting. I suppose there are good days and there are bad days and that was one of those days.
Love you all,
Nyshie
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
from Mom...
You just never know ...
I thought this was going to be my “good week” for the month and it has definitely turned out not to be. The chemo last Thursday once again kicked my butt and I spent the next 5 days, a good part of the time, in bed and/or going down to the hospital to get extra IV fluids and electrolytes for dehydration. Started to feel better Tuesday, although still extremely weak and dizzy (more so than usual). Found out yesterday that my red blood count was low enough that I had to go in today for blood transfusions. That should definitely put me back in the pink, until Wednesday when I have my next chemo.
I keep telling myself how lucky I am to have such a great response to chemo and all of the other reasons I’m so "lucky." Some days it’s just harder than others.
Love you all,
Nyshie
I thought this was going to be my “good week” for the month and it has definitely turned out not to be. The chemo last Thursday once again kicked my butt and I spent the next 5 days, a good part of the time, in bed and/or going down to the hospital to get extra IV fluids and electrolytes for dehydration. Started to feel better Tuesday, although still extremely weak and dizzy (more so than usual). Found out yesterday that my red blood count was low enough that I had to go in today for blood transfusions. That should definitely put me back in the pink, until Wednesday when I have my next chemo.
I keep telling myself how lucky I am to have such a great response to chemo and all of the other reasons I’m so "lucky." Some days it’s just harder than others.
Love you all,
Nyshie
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